Cairo: Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa on Friday joined anti-Mubarak protests in Cairo’s Liberation Square and said he may run for president in the upcoming election.
Moussa was among the millions of protesters chanting a variety of slogans against the Mubarak regime. He said he has not come here to support any party or group and said he is here to just observe the protest.
Speaking on the possibility of running for president, the Arab League chief said, “I’m at the disposal of my country of course. But we will see the political developments.”
Moussa was quoted by France’s Europe 1 radio, as saying that he was “ready to serve as a citizen who has the right to be a candidate [for president].”
Meanwhile, several thousand troops have been deployed at key locations across Cairo.
According to the United Nations, at least 300 people have so far been killed and thousands more have been injured during nationwide protests in Egypt.
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said that the recent developments in North Africa are the result of the “Islamic awakening, which followed the great [Islamic] Revolution of the Iranian nation.” He also described Mubarak as the “lackey of the Zionist regime [of Israel].”
United States has warned Mubarak to leave the presidential office otherwise funding to Egypt would be stopped.
Meanwhile, 27 countries of European Union has also demanded governmental change in Egypt.
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